Amerman, Kenneth E., 1964, 1966
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K. Amerman 1964 Bikar Atoll, Marshall Islands team reported one white-tailed Tropic bird nest in a hollow in a tree inside the forest, about 6' off the ground. Rogers: I found two Wedgetail chicks near the masked Booby nesting area. First record of Wedgetails for the atoll. After supper we all went out after boobies. Banded 62 Red-foots, 61 Browns and 57 Masked. Surprising numbers of Browns inside the forest; some quite deep; a few Masked also inside. Finished the circuit of Jabocrabby by 2130. Roger, Larry, Brian, George & then went to Bumunen for boobies. Found a huge club of about 100-150 Masked on the east side, decided to wait until after the moon went down to go after them. Went completely around the island including much of the forest and banded more Red-foots, Masked, Browns, Bridalies. Saw at least 3 Red-tail Tropics on nests deep within the forest and one Fairy Tern on an egg. Collected one adult Wedgetail from one of the nests discovered earlier in the day. There appears to be a group of Booby Terns just beginning nesting in the grassy area at the far end of the island. They remained in the air, wheeling about and